History NightmareFuel / PinkFloyd

Music/PinkFloyd's propensity for social commentary, progress and experimentation can get rather ''[[NightmareFuel unnerving]]'' at times.

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* "Dogs", the 17-minute epic that comprises virtually the entire first half of ''Animals'', is thoroughly chilling in every conceivable sense of the word. From the twisted, psychedelic keyboard to the raw, brittle acoustic guitar, the prevailing mood of the entire song is utterly dour. The lyrics are a stark portrayal of the aggressive, egomaniacal businessmen who exploit the people around them to get ahead. One line in particular stands out, describing their eventual fate:
--> ''Just another sad old man,\\
All alone, and dying of cancer.''
* "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" opens with a pig snort and a creepy keyboard solo.
** The middle break of the song features a pig endlessly squealing. But it doesn't even sound like squealing, sounds more like screaming in pain.
* "Sheep" may also qualify as this. Halfway into the song, there is very eerie Hammond organ, followed by a bizarre parody of Psalm 23:
--> ''The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want\\
He makes me down to lie\\
Through pastures green he leadeth me the silent waters by\\
With bright knives he releaseth my soul\\
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places\\
He converteth me to lamb cutlets\\
For lo, he hath great power and great hunger\\
When cometh the day we lowly ones\\
Through quiet reflection and great dedication\\
Master the art of karate\\
Lo, we shall rise up\\
And then we'll make the bugger's eyes water.''
** The original version of "Sheep", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MENC3iA11U&ab_channel=PinkFloyd Raving and Drooling]]", is even more disturbing, lacking the later version's allegories about workers and farm animals, instead sounding like a SpiritualSuccessor to "One of These Days".

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Music/PinkFloyd's propensity for social commentary, progress and experimentation can get rather ''unnerving'' at times.

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* ''NightmareFuel/{{Animals}}''

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'''Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn'''
* "The Gnome", otherwise among the most lighthearted and silly of all their songs, has an eerie, somewhat MoodWhiplash-inducing bridge: The way an [[EchoingAcoustics overly reverbed]] Syd Barrett whispers the completely benign lyrics "Look at the sky / look at the river / isn't it good?" makes them sound oddly ominous.
* “Pow R. Toc H.”, mostly for Barrett and Waters’ bizarre vocal percussion.
* "Bike" starts off as a charming little nursery rhyme about a bike and mouse called Gerald (though even at the start, the voices from the left and right channels aren't quite in sync, and there's an awkward break between verses), but then, near the end, after the last bit about "the room full of musical tunes... let's go into the other room and make them work..." the music breaks down and all kinds of clock sounds and weird noises erupt. If this wasn't peculiar enough, what sounds like a goose honking suddenly starts up (though it's probably intended to be a bike horn). First from the distance, growing louder and louder, as if a gigantic bird is charging at the listener.

'''Music/ASaucerfulOfSecrets'''
* The title track off of ''A Saucerful of Secrets'' up to the "Celestial Voices" movement.

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* The song ''Quicksilver''. [[HellIsThatNoise Especially the beginning]].
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'''Music/ObscuredByClouds'''
* The last minute of "Absolutely Curtains", which is a creepy distorted tribal chant.
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'''Music/WishYouWereHere'''
* Nestled within the music video of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” is series of unsettling images. Not quite halfway into the video, we gaze at the faceless man appearing transparent as cloud pass behind him until two dark hollows appear where his eyes should be. The holes aren’t shaped like eyes either and then a mouth appears. It also has an irregular nonhuman shape. Then the mouth and the eyes widen into a scream before the figure dims into shadow entirely. Even scarier images are ahead.
** Next a transparent cube flies up in front of the faceless man. He loses his current transparent form and reappears in inside the cube as a gaunt, blood-tinged emanciated man with dark holes for eyes and a mouth. He is replaced by a tarantula that bounces around the inside of the cube for a few seconds before the man reappears cowering in a corner. The tarantula replaces him again only for the spider to split apart and reveal the man’s screaming face with eight flailing arms protruding from it. The arms cover the face and morphs into a red round piece of fish bait on a hook. A dog appears in the distance, vanishes into a cloud then snatches the bait before getting eaten by a larger dog whose head becomes more hideous as well as human. Then it leans back and vomits, sending out hundreds of smaller people falling through a hatch into a maze where fires pop up here and there.

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'''Music/{{Animals|1977}}'''

'''Music/{{Animals}}'''

** Nick Mason's distorted voice saying "Here is a loud announcement!" along with the HellIsThatNoise that follows.

** The original version of "Sheep", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MENC3iA11U&ab_channel=PinkFloyd Raving and Drooling]", is even more disturbing, lacking the later version's allegories about workers and farm animals, instead sounding like a SpiritualSuccessor to "One of These Days".

* "Dogs", the 17-minute epic that comprises virtually the entire first half of ''Animals'', is thoroughly chilling in every conceivable sense of the word. From the twisted, psychedelic keyboard to the raw, brittle acoustic guitar, the prevailing mood of the entire track is utterly dour. The lyrics are a stark portrayal of the aggressive, egomaniacal businessmen who exploit the people around them to get ahead. One line in particular stands out, describing their eventual fate:

* The song ''Quicksilver''. [[SurpriseCreepy Especially the start.]]

Music/PinkFloyd's propensity for social commentary, progress and experimentation can often get rather ''unnerving''.

* The song ''Quicksilver''. [[SurpriseCreepy Especially the beginning.]]

Music/PinkFloyd's propensity for social commentary, progress and experimentation can often get rather ''unnerving''...

[[caption-width-right:350: '''YOU!''' ''Yes'', '''YOU!!''' '''''STAND STILL, LADDY!!!!''''']]

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